Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of several New World herbs of the genus Helenium of the composite family, having yellow to red-purple rayed flower heads.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In Australia, a dwarf, erect, odorous herb of the aster family, Centipeda Cunninghamii, considered a valuable specific for certain diseases of the eye.
- noun A plant of the genus Helenium, mostly the common H. autumnale.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Bot.) A yellow-flowered composite plant (
Helenium autumnale ) the odor of which is said to cause sneezing.
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- noun US A plant of the genus Helenium, especially Helenium autumnale.
- noun Australia A plant of the genus Centipeda; either of the species Centipeda cunninghamii or Centipeda minima, which induce sneezing and are known as a folk remedy for colds and allergic reactions.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun any of various plants of the genus Helenium characteristically causing sneezing
Etymologies
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Examples
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I thought it was called sneezeweed because it bloomed at the same time as the notorious Ragweed and blame was misguided.
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Whoever cares to learn from experience why this was called sneezeweed, must take a whiff of snuff made of the dried and powdered leaves.
Wild Flowers Worth Knowing Neltje Blanchan 1891
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Your sneezeweed is as pretty as you described Frances.
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Powdered disk flowers and leaves of this species have in the past been dried and used as snuff, thus giving rise to the common name of sneezeweed.
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I think sneezeweed might keep people from trying this wonderful plant.
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This sneezeweed is an erect, clump-forming, Missouri native perennial which occurs in moist soils along streams, ponds or ditches and in spring-fed meadows, prairie and wet open ground throughout most of the State Steyermark.
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Cuckoo bumblebee (Psithyrus insularis) searching for pollen and nectar on sneezeweed (Dugaldia hoopsii).
Bumblebee 2008
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Tijuana Brass autumn sneezeweed is a wonderful new perennial for the cutting garden.
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Tijuana Brass autumn sneezeweed is a wonderful new perennial for the cutting garden.
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As Hanson reflects on the season, she points out yarrow and sneezeweed (Helenium).
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